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1. phoghed · 1790944096 · focus · HN ↗

   A very high number of Redditors think they know more/better than a Harvard professor and dismiss him out of hand. May someone grant us all a measure of their confidence.

   1. eieje12 · 1790944631 · focus · HN ↗

      Brand names don’t mean much anymore.

      Three words: Cambridge, Jason Arday.

      1. f6v · 1790945405 · focus · HN ↗

         Stanford, Marc Tessier-Lavigne.
      2. sdcfgy · 1790945518 · focus · HN ↗

         As Cambridge alumni, that one hurt when it happened. You're not wrong.
      3. [deleted] · 1790945876 · focus · HN ↗

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      4. sickofparadox · 1790947181 · focus · HN ↗

         At Harvard itself, Claudine Gay.

         1. UncleMeat · 1790953230 · focus · HN ↗

            It is a really good exercise to go through the individual things she was accused of one by one. There is one case that is maybe questionable.

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